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Cognitive Brain Health Diagnostic Workup

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Understanding Your Cognitive Brain Health

Maintaining optimal brain health is essential for memory, focus, mood, and overall quality of life. When cognitive changes occur—whether from aging, injury, stress, or neurological conditions—early evaluation is key to accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. At Pacific Neuroscience Institute, our Cognitive Brain Health Diagnostic Workup provides a comprehensive and personalized approach to understanding your brain function and identifying opportunities for intervention.

By combining advanced medical testing with lifestyle-focused strategies, such as physical exercise and targeted neurocognitive training, our goal is to help improve brain performance and reduce the risk of cognitive decline.

What to Expect at Your Consultation

If you have scheduled a consultation, please call our office at 310-582-7641 to confirm if any forms need to be completed prior to your visit.

Your clinic consultation begins with a comprehensive medical evaluation that takes into account:

  • Genetics
  • Environment and lifestyle factors
  • Medical history and risk factors for neurological disease

This data is gathered using commercially available, FDA-cleared, Medicare-reimbursable diagnostic tools, ensuring high-quality, clinically validated results.

Patient and Caregiver Input

We understand that patients and caregivers provide essential insights into cognitive changes. As part of your diagnostic workup, you may be asked to complete:

  • Pre-Appointment History and Information Questionnaire – completed by patients and/or caregivers (such as a spouse or adult child) to provide a detailed health and symptom history.
  • Self-Reported Measures of Mood and Cognition – a brief assessment that captures vital information about mood, memory, and thinking concerns.

Same-Day Cognitive Testing

During your visit, you will undergo objective neurocognitive testing (lasting less than one hour). These results help determine whether more in-depth testing by a neuropsychologist (3–5 hours) is medically necessary.

Additional Diagnostic Elements

Depending on your unique needs, your workup may also include:

  • Lab Testing – starting with standard labs, then expanded as needed to optimize brain health.
  • Quantitative Volumetric MRI – Neuroreader Brainreader automated imaging analysis that compares 45 brain regions against the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Database to identify areas of atrophy.
  • Psychotropic Pharmacogenomic Testing – advanced genetic testing (Genomind) that helps tailor treatment for depression and other conditions by identifying how your genetics may influence medication response.

Next Steps

Following your diagnostic workup, you may be guided toward: